Peter Attia

Attia was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is the child of Egyptian Christian immigrant parents. He graduated from Queen's University at Kingston in 1996 with a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering and applied mathematics. He then attended Stanford University School of Medicine, graduating in 2001 with a Doctor of Medicine. == Career ==

From 2001 to 2006, Attia began a residency in general surgery at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, but never completed his residency, nor did he complete a fellowship or become board certified. He also undertook research at the NIH in Bethesda, Maryland, investigating cancer immunotherapy for melanoma. After dropping out of his residency program, Attia joined the consulting firm McKinsey & Company in the Palo Alto office as a member of the Corporate Risk Practice and Healthcare Practice. In 2014, he founded a private clinic dedicated to longevity medicine. Attia also created the blog "The Eating Academy" (later "War on Insulin" and now peterattiamd.com) that mostly focuses on topics related to nutrition, physical activity, and longevity. Subsequently, he launched the podcast The Peter Attia Drive, in which he interviews experts each week, covering topics such as longevity, metabolic health, and medical research. In 2012, Attia co-founded the Nutrition Science Initiative (NuSI) with Gary Taubes, with a primary focus on promoting nutrition research and tackling the growing health challenges linked to obesity, diabetes, and metabolic diseases. In 2013, Attia was a speaker at TEDMED, where he shared insights on longevity. Attia has a chapter giving advice in Tim Ferriss's book Tools of Titans. He had a central role in Limitless with Chris Hemsworth, a six-part documentary for National Geographic and Disney+ starring Chris Hemsworth and directed by Darren Aronofsky. In episode 5, Attia told Hemsworth that he carried the high-risk APOE4 allele, which places him at elevated risk of neurodegenerative aging of the Alzheimer's type. In 2017, he posted on his YouTube Channel, with his first set of videos being instructional exercise videos. It now has more than a million subscribers and focuses on longevity content. On March 28, 2023, Attia (with coauthor Bill Gifford) published his book Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity. According to The New York Times Magazine, the book "has been a runaway best seller since it was published this spring [of 2023]"; it was No. 3 on the Amazon Charts for nonfiction as of August 24, 2023. In October 2025, Attia appeared on CBS's 60 Minutes, where he discussed the role of structured exercise and preventative health strategies in extending health span. In January 2026, Attia, along with various other health influencers, was announced as a new contributor to CBS News. Attia resigned the following month after the release of the Epstein files revealed that he had exchanged emails with child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. == Relationship with Jeffrey Epstein ==

In 2015, Attia met with Epstein through Eva Andersson-Dubin. “He might literally be one of the—if not the—most interesting people I’ve ever met!” Attia appears to have emailed Andersson-Dubin in June 2015. Andersson-Dubin forwarded that email to Epstein. In 2025, the disclosure of Jeffrey Epstein's appointment calendars revealed several meetings with Attia up to 2019. When the Epstein files were released, emails between Attia and Epstein attested to their longstanding friendship; in one of them, dated June 2015, Epstein wrote to Attia, with the subject header "Got a fresh shipment". Attia told Epstein that "the biggest problem" of being friends with him was that "the life you lead is so outrageous, and yet I can't tell a soul". In a separate email dated February 2016, he told Epstein that "pussy is, indeed, low carb." Emails show Attia asked Epstein for patient referrals in 2015, stayed in an empty Upper East Side apartment Epstein owned in 2016, discussed the 2017 job opening with Epstein for Head of Patient Experience he was hiring and, over several years, provided him with health advice and testing. The emails revealed Attia told Epstein in February 2016 he would love to add “5 years or more to your life … even if the only reason to do so is to have more sex.” In another exchange several days later, Attia asked Epstein: “Have you decided if you’re interested in living longer (solely for the ladies, of course)?” Following the revelations of Attia's relationship with Epstein, in February 2026, Attia resigned his position as contributor to CBS News. Attia also resigned from his position as Chief Science Officer at David, a protein bar company. == Personal life ==

Attia currently lives in the Austin, Texas, area with his wife and three children. In 2005, Attia swam across the channel between Santa Catalina Island and Los Angeles, the 120th person to achieve that feat. ==References==